GCFA · Question #5
Which of the following type of file systems is not supported by Linux kernel?
The correct answer is D. FAT32. The Linux kernel does not have a standalone 'FAT32' filesystem driver - FAT32 support is handled by the vFAT module, so 'fat32' is not a recognized kernel filesystem type on its own.
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Which of the following type of file systems is not supported by Linux kernel?
Options
- AvFAT
- BNTFS
- CHFS
- DFAT32
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The Linux kernel does not have a standalone 'FAT32' filesystem driver - FAT32 support is handled by the vFAT module, so 'fat32' is not a recognized kernel filesystem type on its own.
vFAT is natively supported by the Linux kernel via the vfat module, which handles the FAT family including long filename extensions.
NTFS is supported by the Linux kernel through the ntfs and ntfs3 drivers, providing read and write access to NTFS-formatted partitions.
HFS (Apple Hierarchical File System) is supported by the Linux kernel via the hfs module (CONFIG_HFS_FS), enabling access to older Apple-formatted volumes.
The Linux kernel provides FAT32 support through the vFAT driver (CONFIG_VFAT_FS), not as a separately named 'FAT32' module. When mounting, the filesystem type used is 'vfat', meaning FAT32 has no independent kernel driver identity and is subsumed under the vFAT layer.
Concept tested: Linux kernel native filesystem driver support
Source: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/vfat.html
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